Organic materials (grass, leaves, bush trimmings, etc.) decompose into a rich soil enhancing material called humus. This material can be used to enrich the soil throughout your yard, reducing the need for fertilizer. With the average yard producing more than 600 pounds of yard materials per year, composting is much better for you and the environment than bagging them and placing them out for collection. Compost can: - Help reduce waste and the problems associated with collecting and processing yard materials.
- Suppress plant diseases and pests.
- Reduce or eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers.
- Promote higher yields of agricultural crops.
- Facilitate reforestation, wetlands restoration, and habitat revitalization efforts by amending contaminated, compacted, and marginal soils.
- Cost-effectively remediate soils contaminated by hazardous waste.
- Remove solids, oil, grease, and heavy metals from stormwater runoff.
Capture and destroy 99.6 percent of industrial volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) in contaminated air. - Provide cost savings of at least 50 percent over conventional soil, water, and air pollution remediation technologies, where applicable.
Vermicomposting offers County residents a beneficial and legal way to dispose of food scraps, help the environment, and create a valuable byproduct for use in gardens and houseplants. Revised May 1, 2008 |
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